トランプ関税がついに始まりました。アメリカに苦言を言う海外の人たちだけでなくアメリカ国内でも懸念と不安で持ちきりになっています。ロサンジェルスにも大きな影響が出そうです。
Key Statistics
- Founded Dec. 9, 1907
- A department of the City of Los Angeles (Los Angeles Harbor Department)
- Governed by the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners
- Port of Los Angeles has ranked as the No. 1 container port in Western Hemisphere for 25 consecutive years (2000-2024)
- Port of Los Angeles ranked No. 18 in the world (based on 2023 throughput)
- San Pedro Bay Port Complex ranked No. 9 in the world (based on 2023 throughput)
As the Ports of LA and Long Beach expect to see less cargo coming through as a result of the tariffs, the ripple effects will be far reaching, according to Gene Seroka, Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles.
“Overall, this is bad for the American consumer, American business and for the port complex here in Southern California,” Seroka said, adding the ports process some 40% of the nation’s imports and 30% of the exports.
Less cargo could mean fewer opportunities for workers, said Seroka, adding that one in nine Southern California residents are employed through the port, including those in the shipping, logistics, transportation and warehousing sectors.
In a post on X, Newsom addressed the U.S.’s global trading partners, writing “California is here and ready to talk.”
It comes after a Fox News report revealed that Newsom is directing his state to pursue “strategic” relationships with countries announcing retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., urging them to exclude California-made products from those taxes.
California, not being its own country, can’t be directly targeted in international trade retaliation. However, countries could choose to retaliate against Trump’s tariffs by targeting goods commonly produced in states other than California—like soybeans or pork—instead of products like California wine or walnuts, Daniel Sumner, an agricultural and resource economics professor at UC Davis, told
According to Fox News, Newsom administration officials are particularly concerned that California’s almond industry, a key agricultural exporter, could lose billions of dollars, as countries like China, India, and the European Union impose retaliatory tariffs.